Which ultimately begs the question- would super coach have even implemented Leppa's idea had first Hamspud & then Balsa wood Benny not both gone down? 
Does it really matter? Not the first time a club has created opportunities from adversity
Taking that a little sideways, I hated it when Lids left the club. I could understand why, and why the Tigers accepted the deal, but I still hated it.
I won't go as far to say it created adversity, but I recall all those stats about how many games we won or lost depending on whether Lids was in the team.
Well it obviously hasn't mattered this year, and I do wonder whether his departure was a catalyst for the coaches having to devise a new forward strategy or maybe even allowing the team to actually reach a different level of performance on it own.
We will never know of course. But other clubs have lost key players in recent times and their teams have flourished. Adelaide with Dangerfield a classic example.
There is no doubt that Richmond now have a raft of players contributing to the team's performance at a much higher level than they have previously.
